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"I thought I was going to die": Machete-wielding thugs break into home in dead of night and attac...

"I was in genuine fear of my own life"

about 3 years ago

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Coke dealers confessed to cops after 'being pressured' into working off debts

Stuart Edwards amassed debts of £31,000 to his dealer while Joseph Broadbent owed £15,000

about 3 years ago

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Drink driver led police on 80mph chase after nipping to shop for cigarettes

Louie Cheetham has avoided a prison sentence

about 3 years ago

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Arsonist torched car and almost set fire to flat in drunken crime spree

A judge deemed Carl Williamson to be a dangerous offender

about 3 years ago

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Takeaway worker jailed for nine years after raping underage customer twice

The victim said she has nightmares and cries into her pillow at night

about 3 years ago

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Drugged-up burglar came face-to-face with frightened homeowner

Martin Wilding stole car keys, house keys, jewellery, two watches, a guitar, two iPhones and an electric toothbrush

about 3 years ago

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Driver who left dad with devastating injuries in crash avoids jail

Karl Veruse was so badly injured he cannot even make himself a cup of tea

over 3 years ago

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Serial abuser set fire to ex's car on drive while his child was in house

The victim was left fearing for her life

over 3 years ago

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Drugs gang sold huge amounts of cocaine out of auction house

The operation was eventually busted following a surveillance operation by Greater Manchester Police's Serious and Org...

over 3 years ago

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Thug made girlfriend 'wish she wasn't alive' during 10 months of abuse

Liam Mountford has avoided jail for his crimes

over 3 years ago

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Man drives into mum's front door in moment of 'incredible stupidity'

"It no doubt caused anyone witnessing it great terror"

over 3 years ago

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County lines drug smuggler jailed after cops find £60k worth of drugs in his bag

Paul Green was stopped at Wigan North Western railway station after being asked to take a holdall from Liverpool to A...

over 3 years ago

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'Predator' groomed two underage boys after they responded to his job advert

Callum Townsend has been jailed for his 'perverted and voyeuristic' crimes

over 3 years ago

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'Thuggish' football fans banned from attending matches after huge brawl

"The public are sick and tired of thuggish behaviour on the part of those who pretend to support football teams."

over 3 years ago

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Teenager jailed after flat fire led police to cannabis farm

Just nine months earlier, Luftim Hallaci spent his life savings travelling to the UK 'for a better life', the court h...

over 3 years ago

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Man denies string of sexual offences over four-year-period

All but one of the eight charges are in relation to the same alleged victim

over 3 years ago

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Woman drove to court hearing - then gets banned from the roads

Amanda McVinnie appeared in Bolton Court Court

over 3 years ago

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'Stupid' moment mum-of-seven came at partner with knife in front of police

'It is a toxic relationship that is not doing either of you any good'

over 3 years ago

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'Controlling' man blackmailed teens into sending explicit images, court hears

Harry Bowman, 20, is on trial accused of a host of sexual offences against nine alleged victims from across the UK

over 3 years ago

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Pervert arranged to meet 'schoolgirl' behind Asda - it was an undercover cop

Matthew Phair, 38, has been jailed for two years

over 3 years ago

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Pervy pensioner made sick comments and sexually assaulted staff caring for him

Thomas Aspey grabbed one of his victims by the hip and asked if she would join him in the bath after he soiled himself

over 3 years ago

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'Sophisticated' cocaine ring run out of auction house shut down

Expensive watches and other luxury items, including cars, were raffled off as part of a front to launder the 'signifi...

over 3 years ago

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Owner of ‘out of control’ dog that attacked a man walks free from court

Keith Grundy, 59, pleaded guilty to being the owner or person in charge of a dog dangerously out of control and causi...

over 3 years ago

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Pathetic man 'consumed by jealousy' set fire to girlfriend's pub

Karl Banks, 38, has been jailed for three years and four months

over 3 years ago

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Director pinned partner against kitchen wall in 'protracted' assault

"You have lost your self-control completely, not only for a moment or two, but in a protracted way."

over 3 years ago

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Man who threw roof tiles at cops jailed after breaching suspended sentence

Jamie Cooper has now been jailed

over 3 years ago

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Bolton man, 55, admits sexually assaulting child on numerous occasions

Andrew David Walsh will be sentenced next month

over 3 years ago

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Man with 'paedo manual' and over 30,000 indecent images avoids jail

Yousaf Khurshid had pleaded guilty to six offences

over 3 years ago

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Child-beater leaves girlfriend hospitalised after 'horrific' attack

The woman 'thought she was going to die' during the vicious assault by Christopher Balmer

over 3 years ago

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Man, 31, admits assaulting woman and destroying her property

Christopher Kirby told the judge: "I don't know what I can do to get the help that's needed. I've been crying out for...

over 3 years ago

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Dog porn pervert represents himself in court because 'times are difficult'

Simon Nuttall avoided jail following the crimes

over 3 years ago

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Window cleaner dragged man out of car and stabbed him in the head

"Each morning when I look in the mirror, I see a constant reminder of that night."

over 3 years ago

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Chris Slater

'Scouse Joe' stabbed underling in the head in brutal attack over lost drugs

Jake Muldoon's victim said he was "extremely dangerous and needed to be stopped before innocent people got hurt."

over 3 years ago

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Shopkeeper 'scared for his life' after man brandished meat cleaver

Arshad Mahmood has been hauled before the courts

over 3 years ago

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Dad brutally beat girlfriend so badly she could be permanently disfigured

Dean Paul punched her repeatedly to the head and drop-kicked her

over 3 years ago

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Peadophile groomed children he met playing online video games

One of Steven Flynn's victims, aged 10, said that the incident has made him 'nervous about people he meets through on...

over 3 years ago

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Paedophile groomed children he met playing online video games

One of Steven Flynn's victims, aged 10, said the incident has made him 'nervous about people he meets through online ...

over 3 years ago

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Amy Walker

The online paedophiles every parent should know about

As disturbing sexual offences surge on lockdown, the M.E.N. looks at the paedophiles who have appeared in Greater Man...

over 3 years ago

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Paedophile escapes jail again after 'persuasive' evidence from mum

Police raised concerns about Berry's internet history after visiting his house just three months after his previous s...